should I put a break under or over an if statement inside a for loop?

Asked Oct 2, 2019324 views1 answers

local children = script.Parent.Parent:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #children do
	if children[i]:IsA("BasePart") then

-----should a break go here-------
		print("script ran")
-----or here?---------

	end
end

I want the loop to break when children[i] is a basepart.

for the code under the for loop and the if statement, were is the best place to put a break.

AnonymousOct 2, 2019

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

Now that I understand the question, break goes after any code you want to run. Code executes top to bottom, so generally put break after any code you want to run.

local children = script.Parent.Parent:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #children do
	if children[i]:IsA("BasePart") then
        print("script ran")
		break --here
	end
end

If you put break before the print, it would exit the loop first, so nothing would be printed.

AnonymousOct 2, 2019Edited Oct 2, 2019Permalink

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